Spring is so joyful! In spite of cloudy skies (full of rain to come), the tulips, jonquils, hyacinths (my favorite scent), and crocus all push upward and onward, singing of new life to us.
We sing, not always with our voices, but with our hopes and strivings upward, in spite of cloudy skies...
My healing has gone…
Beginning Again means so many things! Above is a picture Of the cherry blossoms in Japan. Spring has come early for nearly everyone, as climate change, warms us earlier and earlier. The tulips and crocuses are coming up here in Colorado, and the buds on the trees are manifold. Usually we are in the middle…
Sometime this month, a neurosurgeon will fuse C4-6 in my neck, from the back, so it won't affect my vocal folds. The prep has been extensive, with nutrition and exercises, visits to chiropractor, PT, massage therapist, and acupuncturist so I will be as ready as possible! The original date (Feb 1) was canceled the day…
The New Year has started out right with a lovely silver and pink family dinner party! This is the first one I've hosted since 2019, so I pulled out all of the stops and even sewed up a set of white and silver snowflake napkins and a table runner for the event!
My studio will be…
Today is the first day after the final show of How Much to Do About Nothing at the Fort Collins Senior Center. The show was very well received, with over 75 people at each of the three sho
ws. We've already started work on the next script, tentatively called Soap's…
This past weekend gave us our first snow of this winter. It only lasted a few days and the weather is back to pleasant today. But in addition to the first snow, I was devastated by the loss of a faithful companion, my cat Ginnie. She was only about 9 years old, but developed lymphoma…
The first leaf, bright red, was on our driveway a few days ago. Can't believe the time went so quickly this summer. Today is the second anniversary of my dear Mel's passing over...can't believe that, either! Time is relative and two years is only 2/78 of my life, almost a blink. There is a slow,…
Things are calming down a bit! As our script is finished for SOAP, we got to cancel the last four meetings--always a plus to get more free time! Auditions are Aug 4 and rehearsals don't start until September. Most parts are cast and the actors have scripts to start learning their parts. This is a…
When I last wrote, we were dashing up to our spring recital, and it was amazing! I'm always so proud of the leaps my students take every 6 months!
Also the spring SOAP show went well --People were "anxious to find out what happened" when the curtain closed on the first act, so we must have…
This is the second busiest time of year...the first going from 10/31-1/2 with recitals and holidays, both. But, the end of the school year brings not only graduations, but recitals and other events. In my case, I just presented on 'Fascinators" at the Head to Toe event yesterday; A S.O.A.P. Reunion (But It's All About…
Isn't this a gorgeous picture? All of the different shades of pink, right down to the color reflected on the bridge! It is cherry-blossom time, well-known and promoted in Japan and in Washington, D.C. Isn't it amazing what joy we can receive from this very fluffy color on very delicate blossoms?
And what do cherry blossoms…
Ice on the trees in Fort Collins! We are in that time of year when the winds blow and the temperatures go up and down dramatically!
We, also, may be going up and down dramatically. Sometimes, when the pressure is on, we may react in a way that we regret later. But a sincere apology can…
Colorado was in a deep-freeze for the month of January! So much so that 36 degrees felt like a heat-wave! But things are more normal now. I just hope that the snow-pack increased enough to stave off "dead-pool" at reservoirs along the Colorado River.
I missed updating last month because I came home to first, a…
We are in the midst of a cold snap, with a bit of snow on the ground, but also with a beautiful sunny sky melting it away. December is here, and there are so many concerts and special events going on, everywhere, that our calendars are bursting at the seams with all of the goodies!
For…
Here we are with another year gone by...can't believe my dear husband of 55 years has been gone for one year and almost two months already...We certainly have a changing sense of time, i.e., the older we are, the less time we have, and the faster it goes, just when you thought that you could…